Daniel E. Williams was a man compelled to create. He had a vision of a whiskey apart, made to his standards, his way. He created and nurtured the first triple distilled, triple blended Irish whiskey, setting the stage for all that would follow.The Old Bonded Warehouse was the last place our whiskey would rest; the final leg on its journey before being shipped up the canal for distribution around the world.
This distillery was built in 1829, located in the Midlands of Ireland, an area ideal for distilling, due to its abundance of water, turf for fuel and excellent barley growing conditions. The D.E. Williams Distillery was to become, until its closure in 1954, one of Ireland’s most successful and famous distilleries.
The Distillery was managed for over 30 years by Daniel E. Williams. He installed not only the best production facilities available at the time, but also gave the distillery its most famous brand: his initials D.E.W. became incorporated into the brand name.
The Tullamore Distillery suffered the same difficulties that crippled the Irish whiskey industry in the early half of the 20th century: Irish independence and civil war, the loss of Commonwealth markets and American prohibition. The distillery itself closed in 1954